Ian Pear

Ian (Haim) Pear is a Rabbi, Legal Scholar, Special Envoy for the City of Jerusalem and an aspirational Olive Farmer. He holds degrees in International Relations from Georgetown University's School for Foreign Service, Law from NYU (JD) and Hebrew University (LLM), and Rabbinic Ordination from Yeshiva University. He is married to Dr. Rachel Pear and is the father to five children. His writing "blends humor, philosophical musings, and allegorical storytelling so masterfully that it’s as if Mark Twain were reincarnated" (Readers Review); "speaks to the heart and is delivered with joy" (Former Soviet Dissident, Natan Sharansky); "is a refreshing twist for an audience of modern sensibility ... brilliant ... charming ... sincere" (The Jerusalem Post); and "easily read and entertaining ... unceasingly optimistic and humanistic” (Haaretz Newspaper).